Improved distilling-apfarattts



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Alcohol Still.

Patented Dec. 29, 1868.

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Letters' Patent No. 85,287, dated December 29, 1868.

IMPROVE!) DISTILLING-APPARATUS.

4. The Schedule referred to 4in these Lettere Patent and part of the same. j

To all wlwm it ma/y concern: v

Be it known that I,W1LLT AM CORFIELD, of the city of Philadelphia, State of-Pennsyl'vania, United States of America, have invented certain Improvements in .Distilling-Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear', and exact description of the same.

. My invention is the use, in combination, of certain a'pparatns, hereinafter particularly7 described, for the purpose of producing spirits of high proof directly trom the mash, beer, or other substance, by aprocess of 'continuous distillation. This apparatus consists in the combination of- First, a still, such as is in common use, for the manufacture of Whiskey.

Second, a' column, goose, worm, and other connections and attachments, now ordinarily employed in the United States for the making of alcohol.

Third, an auxiliary' closed vessel or vessels, in which the mash, beer, or other substance, is heated, preparatory to being placed in an upper compartment of the still, and in connection with it.

In order to enable the public more fully to understand'the nature of my invention, and those -skilled in the arts to use the same, I .will describe it as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which is lettered to correspond with and which forms a part of this specification, and in which the ligure represents an exterior view of thev combination, below more particularly described'.

. A represents a still, such as is in general use, for the manufacture of whiskey.

'B represents the column,

0,the goose, and V V D, the worm, With the usual accompanying pipes, connections, and attachments, now used for the production of'al'cohol, connected to A by the pipe a, and the return-pipe b.

E represents the said auxiliary closed vessel, connected-to A by means of the pipe c, or otherwise.

l first heat themasb, beer, or othersubstance, inthe proper pipes or' valves, connecting it with an upper com- :partment of the still A. i Through these pipes or'valves the mash, when sufficiently heated', is introduced into the said still A, and, when so introduced, puts no check to the process of distillation. The vapor arising from the distillationin A, passes through the pipe a into the columnl B, and thence, through saidcolumn, into the goose G, and the worm D, whence, when condensed, it is drawn. l

I am aware that the process of distillation has been hastened, and secured from interruption, by the use of the'said auxiliary closed vessel E, for the purpose of heating the mash prior to introducing it into the still, but, by the use of the apparatus above described, I not only pu't no stop or check to the process of distillation, but I ain enabled, by the process of continuous distillation which is thereby secured, to manufacture spirits of high proof directly from the mash, beer, ,ortother substance.

I do not claim as new, either the separate chamber for heating themash, or the still, or the column, goose, or other connections but What Iclaimas new and useful, and what I desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States, is

1. The combination ofthe still A, the pipes a and b, and the column,v B, goose C, and worml), with their usual respective connections and attachments, together withthe auxiliary closed vessel E, and the pipe c, and

'pipe or valved, as and for the purposes specified.l

WILLIAM COBFrELD. 

